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Devanga Purana (Contd)

This puranam talks about the history of the Devanga people, their goddess and their customs and rituals. Devanga puranam is a traditional puranam it talks about the history of a particular sect called Devanga. It finds a place in Brahmanda Purana. it is in Sanskrit it has been translated in to Telugu , Tamil and Kannada.

Lord Shiva along with Parvathi Devi at Kailash thought of creation in his heart at once Parasakthi (the goddess of strength and energy) appeared before him at the same time Brahma, Vishnu and Kalarudhra also appeared before him. Lord Shiva apportioned to them the duties of creation , protection and destruction respectively, Brahma created the world and also created Manu the saint. This saint wove clothe to all the creatures of god . After his selfless service this Manu attained the feet of god, as a result there was no one to weave clothes and the people suffered a lot without clothes they wore leaves and barks they appealed to lord Shiva through Brahma.

Lord Shiva after a brief pause created a saint, He named him Devalan and bode him to weave clothes to all his creations. He bode him to get yarn from Vishnu . As Devalan wove clothes and covered the bodies of the people in the heaven he was called Devangan. He ruled the city Amoda. Devalan followed the instructions of the lord. Devalan means a man with divine grace.

After getting the divine yarn from Vishnu he was on his way home he stayed in a choultry. Devalan was harassed by arrakka’s (evil forces). Vishnu killed the arakkas with his charka but new evil forces appeared out of the blood of the dead evil forces. The goddess of Devanga helped Devalan to over come this difficulty by dazzling the eyes of the evil forces from the light of her crown and killed them , the lion vahana of the goddess helped in preventing the fall of the arrakas blood in the ground. This was a reason the goddess was called as Sowdeswari (means the Devi with a dazzling crown).

After this adventure Devalan reached the city of Amoda . Sunaban the king of Amoda was informed by lord Shiva and he welcomed Devalan and made his guest in his palace for a long time. One day Sunaban made Devalan the King of Amoda city he requested the permission of Devalan to leave the city, when asked , Sunaban said that he was cleared of a former curse from lord Shiva and the time had come for him to go back with his wife. Sunaban and his wife disappeared. Devalan ruled the city of Amoda.

Devalan had been ordered by lord Shiva wanted to weave clothes. He was in need of handlooms he desired to get them from Mayan who was living in the Meru hill. Assigning his duties to his ministers he traveled to Meru hill. After a long journey he reached the palace of Mayan. Mayan gave him all the instruments. Devalan returned home and before he started weaving he worshipped goddess Sowdeswari and prayed for her blessings. The mother appeared before him and gave him a bangle of Gold and blessed him that he would get all the name and fame long with a lot of wealth. Devalan wore the bangle in his right hand and started weaving clothes.

Devalan went to Kailash to present clothes to his parents Lord Shiva and Goddess Sowdeswari, there he presented them clothes goddess Sowdeswari was very happy and wore his clothes , lord Shiva presented him Sudhanthiraham (the divine sword), and a pennant bearing the divine face of Nandhi. “These will protect you and you will never face either failure of setback you will become a great person” the lord said.

With the rest of the yarn after weaving clothes the lord ordered him to make five divine threads one among them is is the sacred thread “Janjam” (a Telugu term). On the order of lord Shiva Devalan married the sister of sun. All the people in the heaven blessed them. The wife of Devalan bore him three sons they were Named Divyangan, Vimalangan, and Dhavalangan. They were well versed in all the arts and experts in all the sciences they married Prabhai, Badhmaatchi, and sabalaatchi, respectively. Divyangan the elder son succeeded Devalan.

One day the Vidhyada’s went to Lord Shiva and demanded a guru to teach them 64 arts the lord replied “Oh my children Yemavarunan of your kula has been meditating at the bottom of Meru mountain I will bless him with a son you learn the 64arts under him”. After which the lord Shiva thought of Devalan and ordered him to be born the child of yemavarunan. Devalan bode farewell to his wife and children and reached the feet of the Lord Shiva leaving his body in the form of a linga to be worshipped by his family.

Devalan took seven avatharas they are as follows.

1. Devalan

2. Vidhyadharan

3. Pushpadhandhan

4. Vedaalam

5. Varamuni

6. Devasaali

7. Devadasan

The above seven avatharas begot so many children and their children grouped themselves in to ten thousand kulas and they took seven hundred rishis as their gurus and they adopted the names of the furus as their gothras and followed the same gothras generations of generations.

This puranam talks about the history of the Devanga people, their goddess and their customs and rituals. Devanga puranam is a traditional puranam it talks about the history of a particular sect called Devanga. It finds a place in Brahmanda Purana. it is in Sanskrit it has been translated in to Telugu , Tamil and Kannada.

Lord Shiva along with Parvathi Devi at Kailash thought of creation in his heart at once Parasakthi (the goddess of strength and energy) appeared before him at the same time Brahma, Vishnu and Kalarudhra also appeared before him. Lord Shiva apportioned to them the duties of creation , protection and destruction respectively, Brahma created the world and also created Manu the saint. This saint wove clothe to all the creatures of god . After his selfless service this Manu attained the feet of god, as a result there was no one to weave clothes and the people suffered a lot without clothes they wore leaves and barks they appealed to lord Shiva through Brahma.

Lord Shiva after a brief pause created a saint, He named him Devalan and bode him to weave clothes to all his creations. He bode him to get yarn from Vishnu . As Devalan wove clothes and covered the bodies of the people in the heaven he was called Devangan. He ruled the city Amoda. Devalan followed the instructions of the lord. Devalan means a man with divine grace.

After getting the divine yarn from Vishnu he was on his way home he stayed in a choultry. Devalan was harassed by arrakka’s (evil forces). Vishnu killed the arakkas with his charka but new evil forces appeared out of the blood of the dead evil forces. The goddess of Devanga helped Devalan to over come this difficulty by dazzling the eyes of the evil forces from the light of her crown and killed them , the lion vahana of the goddess helped in preventing the fall of the arrakas blood in the ground. This was a reason the goddess was called as Sowdeswari (means the Devi with a dazzling crown).

After this adventure Devalan reached the city of Amoda . Sunaban the king of Amoda was informed by lord Shiva and he welcomed Devalan and made his guest in his palace for a long time. One day Sunaban made Devalan the King of Amoda city he requested the permission of Devalan to leave the city, when asked , Sunaban said that he was cleared of a former curse from lord Shiva and the time had come for him to go back with his wife. Sunaban and his wife disappeared. Devalan ruled the city of Amoda.

Devalan had been ordered by lord Shiva wanted to weave clothes. He was in need of handlooms he desired to get them from Mayan who was living in the Meru hill. Assigning his duties to his ministers he traveled to Meru hill. After a long journey he reached the palace of Mayan. Mayan gave him all the instruments. Devalan returned home and before he started weaving he worshipped goddess Sowdeswari and prayed for her blessings. The mother appeared before him and gave him a bangle of Gold and blessed him that he would get all the name and fame long with a lot of wealth. Devalan wore the bangle in his right hand and started weaving clothes.

Devalan went to Kailash to present clothes to his parents Lord Shiva and Goddess Sowdeswari, there he presented them clothes goddess Sowdeswari was very happy and wore his clothes , lord Shiva presented him Sudhanthiraham (the divine sword), and a pennant bearing the divine face of Nandhi. “These will protect you and you will never face either failure of setback you will become a great person” the lord said.

With the rest of the yarn after weaving clothes the lord ordered him to make five divine threads one among them is is the sacred thread “Janjam” (a Telugu term). On the order of lord Shiva Devalan married the sister of sun. All the people in the heaven blessed them. The wife of Devalan bore him three sons they were Named Divyangan, Vimalangan, and Dhavalangan. They were well versed in all the arts and experts in all the sciences they married Prabhai, Badhmaatchi, and sabalaatchi, respectively. Divyangan the elder son succeeded Devalan.

One day the Vidhyada’s went to Lord Shiva and demanded a guru to teach them 64 arts the lord replied “Oh my children Yemavarunan of your kula has been meditating at the bottom of Meru mountain I will bless him with a son you learn the 64arts under him”. After which the lord Shiva thought of Devalan and ordered him to be born the child of yemavarunan. Devalan bode farewell to his wife and children and reached the feet of the Lord Shiva leaving his body in the form of a linga to be worshipped by his family.

Devalan took seven avatharas they are as follows.

1. Devalan

2. Vidhyadharan

3. Pushpadhandhan

4. Vedaalam

5. Varamuni

6. Devasaali

7. Devadasan

The above seven avatharas begot so many children and their children grouped themselves in to ten thousand kulas and they took seven hundred rishis as their gurus and they adopted the names of the furus as their gothras and followed the same gothras generations of generations.